Wow, that’s incredible. I didn’t even know cl had that section. There are some truly sick individuals out there. To be honest, judging by the writing, it looks like one or two sad, sad people posting again and again. Although, knowing it exists, might be worth keeping track of in the event of any actual road incidents, idiots tend to like to publicize their stupidity.

@Noah Mustion the scary part is all the cyclists in this town that ask to be respected and then don’t show it by running red lights/stop signs/playing in traffic. Realizing that most drivers don’t discriminate between types of cyclists, I can’t tell you how much that pisses me off. Everyone on two wheels represents everyone else, so behave people!

@cmeyers: While I understand both your point and frustration, there is no excuse for taking it to a level of assault and/or battery, which is what the driver in the Craigslist ad is guilty of, based on his flagrant admissions.

As someone who both drives and rides a bicycle, I’ll admit to getting pissed off by bicyclists who don’t follow traffic laws because they are not only endangering me, but also themselves and everyone else on the road, whether they be in a car, on a bike of some form, or on foot. But you know, the driver on a cell phone eating a Sausage McMuffin presents the same danger as that bicyclist, and so does a pedestrian who jaywalks across the street while texting and listening to loud music on an iPod. In other words, they ALL can “piss me off” and often do, as I try to be respectful to all those who commute, regardless of the way they decide to do it–and I feel that I am not the only one.

As a result, saying that “drivers don’t discriminate between cyclists” may be true in one sense, but incredibly inaccurate in another. People commuting may not distinguish between road dangers, and at least in the City of Pittsburgh, road dangers include not only bicyclists who don’t ride predictably and in accordance with laws, but also the drivers who text, run red lights, ignore lanes, and don’t use turn signals, in addition to the pedestrians who aren’t paying attention to their surroundings.

Assault and battery is no way to respond to illegal acts on the road…we’ve seen that with driver-to-driver road rage where people have been severely injured or killed. The same extends to driver-to-bicycle (or, bicycle-to-driver) road rage, and pedestrians as well. Everyone has a right to be on the road and with that comes a responsibility to respect that fact, despite the reality that some people don’t take that responsibility seriously.